Saturday, June 27, 2015

If you are planning on attending graduate school, you'll likely have to take the GRE test and want to prepare for it beforehand. This book will give you exactly the information and tips that you will need to succeed. GRE: Strategies, Practice, and Review 2016 contains 4
full-length practice tests (1 in the book, 3 realistic Computer Adaptive Tests
online) and 2,200+ total practice questions with detailed explanations,
covering the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing Assessment Test
sections, and strategies for all of the question types. The book also comes
with six practice tests, two for each of the three sections.

You can find this book and many more in the UNT Dallas Library Catalog.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

If you are studying business, management, or marketing, then this book will give you even more insight into your area of study. Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies 2015 is a vast resource
containing information on 1700 private companies. While some resources simply
relay data, Hoover’s Handbook of Private
Companies 2015 contains both data and information like strategies and
personalities of influential figures in the business. This book also contains
several lists revealing the 200 largest companies by sales, the 200 largest
employers, and much more.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

On Wednesday June 10, 1752 Benjamin Franklin stepped onto an open field with a
kite attached to a long copper wire. He set the kite in the wind and let it
sail through the darkening skies. Attached to the copper wire was a jar filled
with brass keys. Franklin had observed how the electrical discharge of two
spheres resembled small lightning bolts and here he was in the field, copper
wire in hand, ready to prove that lightning bolts were caused by the discharge
of static electricity in the clouds. When the kite was struck the current ran
down the wire and filled the jar of uncharged keys with electricity!

While this is a famous story the authors of Conquering the electron: the geniuses, visionaries, egomaniacs, and scoundrels who built ourelectronic age point out that it is difficult to document the story's veracity,
especially since another erstwhile European experimenter attempting a
similarexperiment died after being
struck by the lightening he was attempting to harness (14). What is beyond
debate is that electrical experimentation would soon change the world. From
Franklin's lightening rod, which protected buildings from being set ablaze from
lighting strikes, to modern communication, electricity has changed every
element of human life.

Sunday, June 7, 2015

On June 7, 1893 a young Indian attorney was forcibly removed
from a South African train because he refused to comply with the countries strict
racial segregation laws. That attorney was
named Mohandas K. Gandhi and the event would spark a lifelong pursuit of social
justice that resonates today. Gandhi in the twenty-first century and The Impossible Indian reassess the life and work of Gandhi for modern day readers while An Autobiography: the Story of My Experiments with Truth presents Gandhi in his own words.

Reading Gandhi in the twenty-first century
examines the resonance that Gandhi’s work has on current problems confronting
the global community. The author explores Gandhi’s insights on
environmentalism, terrorism, and the troubled interactions between the West and
Islamic world. The author shows how his thoughts apply to both the realm of
global politics and to the intimate setting of individual human interactions.

The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence presents Gandhi as a tenacious
political thinker who confronted the most violent and troubled areas of the
world with a vision that transcended national agendas. The author places Gandhi
in the mainstream of political discourse on topics concerning imperialism,
Fascism, and civil war. The author addresses Gandhi’s belief in ethical duty
and self-sovereignty endowed independently from state sponsorship. The book is
intended for readers who are interested in learning more about Gandhi’s
extraordinary thoughts and how they apply to current global issues of violence
and human rights.

An autobiography: the story of my experiments with truth is
a book written by Gandhi where he expresses his desire to seek after the truth
by devoting himself to God through seeking purity in a simple life, strict
dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence (ahimsa). This book is
not a typical biography of the author’s
life, rather it is a guidebook offered to show the author’s journey of thought
in practical ways that could be applied and followed by the reader.

UNT Dallas students can read these and more eBooks by clicking on the links.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

If you have ever needed any sort of geographic information for Texas, then the Geologic Database of Texas is a resource you should definitely check out. Spanning the years 1976 to 2007, these vectorized versions of the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology's sheets contain general large scale geologic information and mapping. The entirety of the map collection is available for download for free, as well as downloads of specific data files including state, county, and city data sets. Statewide data includes bathymetry, boundary, cultural, elevation, geology, hydro, indices, national land cover, natural regions, and transportation information. Countywide data includes boundary, compressed county mosaic, and transportation information. Citywide data includes digital raster graphics, elevation, geology, national wetlands inventory, and satellite imagery. There is also an online mapping service and a brief preview of the resource available on the database site.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

On June 3, 1989 millions of ordinary Chinese citizens staged a nationwide
peaceful protest against government corruption and totalitarian rule. The
protest ended when members of the People's Liberation Army fired upon unarmed
citizens. The leaders of the protest were named criminals by the government, and
many chose to self-exile themselves so that they could continue to speak openly
about the governmental abuses occurring in the country.

In the Non-Violence Handbook peace activist Michael N.
Nagler provides a succinct and practical guide for people interested in
engaging society using non-violent techniques. The book highlights actual non-violent
protests such as the one held in Tiananmen Square to demonstrate ways for safer
and more effective protests. The book can also be used to help anyone with daily
interpersonal relationships.

These e-books and over 500,000 more are available to UNT
Dallas students by clicking on the books title or searching the UNT DallasLibrary Catalog.

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